COMMON DISORDERS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEm Causes, Symptoms, and Prevention
OBJECTIVES: identify the common disorders of the digestive system, distinguish the symptoms and treatment of these diseases; and Understand the importance of knowing these disorders
DIARRHEA When loose or watery stools is excreted from the body three times or more in a day
What are the symptoms of Diarrhea?
What are the prevention/treatment to Diarrhea?
CONSTIPATION A condition in which a person finds it difficult to pass hard feces from the body .
Prevention
GALLSTONES A hardened pieces of bile that form in your gall bladder and blocked the bile duct
Causes
Symptoms
PEPTIC ULCER Peptic ulcers occur when acid in the digestive tract eats away at the inner surface of the stomach or small intestine. The acid can create a painful open sore that may bleed.
Prevention/Treatment: The pain can often be relieved by eating certain foods that buffer stomach acid or by taking an acid-reducing medication.
Scenario 1: Deejay can’t go to school. He was saying that there is something wrong with his digestive system. And he needs to go the bathroom 3-4 times a day. What’s wrong with Deejay?
Scenario 2: James is also absent today. Same with deejay, he also has a problem going to the bathroom. He feels that there is like a blockage in his digestive system. What’s wrong with James?
Scenario 3: Nazarene is not feeling well. His skin becomes yellow as well as the white part of his eyes. What is wrong with Nazarene?
Scenario 4: During class, Princess suddenly feels rapid pain in the right side of her abdomen. What’s wrong with princess?
Scenario 5: Vincent don’t usually eat breakfast. During lunch time he experienced abdominal pain because his stomach is empty. What’s wrong with Vincent?
Scenario 6: Robert is a little bit worried, because he observed that there is a fresh blood in the stool. What do you think is wrong with Robert?
Scenario 7: Patrick have been hospitalized because his appendix is clogged and has serious infection. He’s planning to get a surgery.
Question 8: What organ is related to the disorder to gall stones?
Question 9: Give atleast one prevention for diarrhea.
Question 10: Give atleast one prevention for constipation .